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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A ribbonlike structure consisting of three protein components and extending across the region of synapsed chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[synapti(c) + Greek nēma, thread; see (s)nē- in Indo-European roots + –al.]
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